Many people have fears of things that they are afraid of. It’s natural to have fears because it’s part of human nature. In the play Juliet has to decide wether or not to drink the potion. In Shakespeare’s play he shows Juliet’s fear by using choice of words and imagery. The author shows Juliet’s fear by using choice of words. In the synopsis, Juliet states “ I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins. That almost freezes up the heat of the heat of life”(4.3.15-16). The quote says that Juliet is nervous about drinking the potion. The text supports the topic sentence because the word choices of cold, fear, and faint creates a sense of fear by Juliet. Also, In the synopsis, Juliet says “ What if it be a poison which the friar Subtly hath ministered to have me dead” ( 4.3.24-25). The quote says that Juliet is worried that Friar made the potion to actually kill her instead of making it to make her sleep . The text supports the topic because the word choices of worried and kill makes the reader think that Juliet is afraid of something. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet has fear because she nervous about drinking the …show more content…
In the synopsis, Juliet says “ O, if I wake, shall I not be distraught, Environed with all these hideous fears”( 4.3.49-50). The quote says that if she wakes up to early she will go insane with the things that makes her have fear. The text supports the topic sentence because the word choices of environed, hideous, and fear creates visual image of her fear. Furthermore, In the synopsis, Juliet says “ To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in”( 4.3.34). The quote says that she worried that if she is in the tomb then she will suffocate. The text supports the topic sentence because the words no, healthsome, air, and breathes creates a sense of smell. Therefore, Juliet has fear because she’s worried that she might suffocate in the tomb and is afraid of things around
Who would be willing to die for their loved ones? Romeo and Juliet would and did. Romeo and Juliet’s love and death brought two families together who could not even remember the origin of their hate. When the parents saw what their children's love for each other, they realized that their fighting had only led to suffering and insoluble conflict. Romeo and Juliet loved each other to an extent that they killed themselves rather than live apart. They did it with no hiatus. Juliet says before she kills herself, “O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die.”( 5, 3, 182-183) demonstrating how she would rather die than not be with him.
Juliet strategizes her disastrous plan and worries, “How if, when I am laid into the tomb, I wake before the time that Romeo come to redeem me?” (Lines 30-32 of Act Four, Scene Three). Juliet is desperate to see Romeo, ergo she plans to fake her death. Her thoughts of Romeo finding her lifeless foreshadows their future. Romeo is deprived of the news of Juliet’s real state of health, therefore he says, “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight. O mischief, thou art swift to enter the thoughts of desperate men!” (Lines 34-36 of Act Five, Scene One). Once again, Romeo’s perception is only focused on Juliet. His mental instability leads him to think Paris is in the way obtaining true happiness, thus he slays him. Romeo acquires poison, stands beside Juliet, and states, “Here’s to my love! (Drinks.) O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” (Lines 119-120 of Act Five, Scene Three). Romeo observes Juliet’s body and determines that he should die beside her. Juliet wakes to his lifeless body, and determines she should commit suicide, as well. Romeo’s foolish decisions lead to the death of himself and
The constant questioning gives the reader a sense of doubt that Juliet is feeling. Some examples are evident in lines such as “What if this mixture do not work at all? / Shall I be married then tomorrow morning?” (21-22). She questions the potion’s effectiveness and authenticity. Soon thereafter, Juliet questions the Friar’s motives for giving her the potion as well as the potion’s purpose. She inquires, “What if it be a poison which the friar/ Subtly hath ministered to have me dead, / Lest in this marriage he should be dishonored/ Because he married me before to Romeo? I fear it is…” (24-28). Juliet wonders if the potion is meant to kill her for the friar’s benefit. Because the friar has already married Romeo and Juliet, it would be against his vows as a holy man to now marry Paris and Juliet- making Juliet a wife to two husbands. By killing Juliet, Friar Laurence wouldn’t have to preform the ceremony. Juliet also fears awakening prematurely to Romeo rescue; Juliet laments “How if, when I am laid into the tomb, / I wake before the time that Romeo/ Come to redeem me?” (30-31). Along with all of those uncertainties, she faces another; will she go mad with all of the rancid odors and petrifying sites? Juliet apprehensively questions “Environed with all these hideous fears, /And madly play with my forefathers’ joints, /And pluck the mangled Tybalt from his shroud, /And, in this rage, with some great kinsman’s bone/ As with a club dash out my desp’rate brains?” (50-54). She wonders if the sights and sounds will make her preform unusual acts such as playing with the bones of her
In Romeo and Juliet, poison very often represents death. One example of where images of poison represent death occurs after Juliet receives a potion from Friar Lawrence that is supposed to put her to sleep for forty-two hours. Before she takes it, she expresses a portentous doubt about her trust in the cunning Friar's plan. She worries about the possibility of this potion actually being a pernicious poison, which could lead to her untimely death. She shows her misgivings when she states, "What if it be a poison which the friar Subtly hath minist'red to have me dead" (4.4. 24-25). Another illustration of imagery where poison symbolizes death is when Romeo goes to the Apothecary. After hearing news of Juliet's "death," Romeo talks of procuring poison to wreak death upon himself. He says, "A dram of poison... That the life-weary taker may fall dead" (5.2. 60-62). Finally, images of poison are used to represent death when Romeo is found dead by Juliet. When Juliet awakes from her sleep and realizes Romeo has died, she discerns that poison has been the cause. This is evident as she states, "Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end" (5.3. 162). In this passage, images of poison represent a weapon for death. Images of poison that represent death play a major role in Shakespeare's play.
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, lines 14-27 of Act IV, Scene 3, In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, act IV scene 3, lines 14-27, Juliet is speaking her thoughts aloud to herself. Juliet found out that she is required to marry Paris. This situation has led Juliet to go to the friar for a solution. In result to that, the friar gave her a vial with a mixture that would supposedly make Juliet “dead like” for forty-two hours. Juliet planned to drink it that night so that her so her family would put her in an open casket the next morning. It was planned that Romeo would then come get her and they would go live together in Mantua. These plans go horribly wrong. Juliet is worried about the mixture. She wonders if it will work or kill her. Juliet gets scared that the friar gave her a poison because
The next quote shows how the poison has no effect on Juliet, and how she is so
The Way Juliet Feels in Act 3 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Throughout the film, it is clearly shown that the feud is deadly, referring to Mercutio and Tybalt’s death. Although poison has a literal purpose in the play, it also serves as a symbol of hatred between the two families. Friar Laurence uses a simile to apprise the belief that people are a lot like flowers—full of both “loveliness” and “rude-will,” even humans have the capability to be good or deadly. He mentions that it all depends on whether the “rude-will” takes over, which refers directly to how Romeo and Juliet’s love turns deadly when it is poisoned by the family’s vile feud. Due to the feud, the family would never allow the two lovers to be together which is the sole reason Juliet faked her own death and was brought to the Capulet tomb. When Romeo finds Juliet ‘dead’ in the Capulet tomb he can’t bear to live without her love, and he consumes poison which kills him. After Juliet regains consciousness and finds that her love is lifeless, she kills herself using Romeo’s dagger to be with him. This symbol displays that Juliet is happy to die as she describes the item that kills her with a positive connotation using the word ‘happy’. The star-crossed lovers can not cope life without one another. After their relationship was indisposed from the atrocious feud the lovers viewed no other choice representing
...re her fake dead body is kept, and drinks the poison he brought with him, hastily, without giving it a second thought, assuming that Juliet was dead and that he might not be able to live without her. However, Juliet wakes up at the moment when Romeo falls dead on her lap and she exclaims, “Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end” (5.3.167), signifying the untimely death of Romeo that occurred due to his unnecessary haste.
In the play, Romeo and Juliet sneak out a lot to see each other. They do this because they are from rival families and their don’t want them to interact with each other at all. By sneaking around, it created more problems and Juliet drank a potion that would put her to sleep for a while and as a result, they both ended up killing themselves. They were both not listening to their parents and by doing that, it ended badly for both of them and their families.
In the poem “Juliet’s Soliloquy”, Juliet is alone in her chamber as she holds her vessel of poison. As Juliet expresses her fears in the heart-felt soliloquy, the complete severity of the situation weighs heavy on her mind. She thinks, “What if the potion is unsuccessful or does not work?” She wonders has the Friar deceived her and given her real poison instead of the nonpoisonous, so that no one discovers that he dishonorably wedded her to Romeo in disclosure. Juliet quickly gets rid of these difficult and unbearable situations and thoughts to be untrue. She still worries that she will find herself conscious in the hot and cr...
Juliet receives a vial containing a potion from Friar Lawrence, who has a plan that will make Juliet appear as if she is dead, so that when she awakens, she will unite with Romeo. Juliet considers several consequences before drinking the potion, such as losing her sanity or being buried alive. Despite her reasoning, she summons the courage to drink the potion, exclaiming “Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here’s drink. I drink to thee” (Shakespeare 4.4.58). Instead of Juliet making a logical decision to avoid drinking the potion, she follows through with her emotions. Juliet has an obsession with Romeo, in which she is willing to take a risk on the assumption that Romeo will be there when she awakens. She recklessly abandons the fears she once had because her logic is clouded by her immense feelings for Romeo. Fears such as the friar poisoning the potion are quite realistic, since he wants to avoid suffering punishment for secretly marrying two teenagers from rival families. Juliet is so deeply lost in her emotions that she is prompted to take her own life into her hands. Infatuation can take control of someone and cause one to make rash judgements, similar to the one Juliet makes by drinking this potion for Romeo. The couple’s infatuation is seen again when Romeo
At different times in the play, both Romeo and Juliet are willing to give up their lives to be with each other. Now, the text says: “To enter in the thoughts of desperate men!/I do remember an apothecary,—” (5.1) which shows that Romeo would rather die than be without life of Juliet beside him on earth. What the author means is that Romeo is so desperate to be with Juliet that would even go to the lengths to be with her in death. Foreshadowing what later happens, it shows how Romeo’s adolescence makes him think that being with Juliet forever is the only thing that matters. He is one of the people responsible for thinking he can find immortality through death with Juliet. The other being Juliet; as soon as she sees Romeo lying dead on the floor, she wants to take her life, and she does (5.3). It is from this that the reader knows that the two people will do anything to be together. Romeo and Juliet’s grief for one another in these situations affects the plot, and is the cause for their deaths. From this the reader knows that the plot has a mass amount to do with the idea that immortality is possible with love. As before explained, grief and miscommunication affect the plot in a gigantic way, but the theme that can be derived from such things makes itself vividly clear to the
“God knows we shall meet again./ I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins… (ACT IV, Scene 3, Lines 15-16) Juliet was scared about doing this because she didn't know if it would work right or turn h... ... middle of paper ... ... late!
Suicide is the most extreme manifestation of this fear of life. A more moderate manifestation of this fear is depression. Early in the play, Romeo is described as having depression-like symptoms. As the love affair progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that Romeo can not handle life without Juliet. By the end of the play, he kills himself because he can no longer have Juliet.